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I am a lifelong resident of Salamanca and a 1971 graduate of Salamanca High School. Times have changed greatly. Back in 1971, the chief administrators...

There is a foul smell emanating from the building at 321 N. Union St. — not from a decaying building, but from rotten politics. There is no doubt in m...

It’s the morning of 9/11, 14 years removed from the one we all remember. I have just returned from a walk up the road, where I stopped to look across ...

While listening to Rush Limbaugh on the radio last month, I heard him talk about a video of a high-level Planned Parenthood official talking about sel...

State Sen. Catharine Young has lost sight of something important in her opposition to raising fast-food restaurant employees’ minimum wage to $15 per ...

The recent application by Genesis House for a use variance on a property, to be used to temporarily house and aid those less fortunate, has been put o...

I t’s not easy to take care of 200 animals. Just ask any of the excellent, hardworking SPCA in Cattaraugus County staff members. Calls come in night a...

More than a century ago, Sonora Louis Smart Dodd aspired to create a holiday to honor fathers. Dodd, the daughter of a single father and Civil War vet...

“S o, what do you think is your risk of getting colon cancer?” The bravos among my patients laugh carelessly and say, “Fifty-fifty?” Others, more thou...

The construction on Prospect Avenue that caused so much inconvenience for the residents last fall and winter is finished — sort of. At least the major...

I am writing in response to the Olean Times Herald article in Monday’s edition about the “American Pickers” visit last week to the Mather Homestead in...

A pril showers bring May flowers … and after this long, cold, snowy winter they are welcome indeed. One of the pleasures of owning a greenhouse is bei...

I wish the mainstream media would stop acting like there are two sides to the educational issues we face today. There isn’t. There are those who claim...

Crime victimization is not limited to one specific population; it transcends people of all backgrounds and identities. While crime victims have legal ...

Aside from protecting our profession, we are protecting our children. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has demonized teachers across the state by using standardized ...

I would like to thank the people of the village of Allegany for putting their trust in me for 16 years. I feel that with the help of several excellent...

Mark Twain once said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” That quote, while warning against any attempt to make exact comparisons betw...

It’s funny how the very people who typically complain about government handouts now have their hands out. On Jan. 22, U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, i...